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  1. PHMSA Revisions to OPID Assignment Request and National Registry Notification
  2. PHMSA Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility User Fee
  3. PHMSA Notice: Gas & Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Risk Models
  4. Meeting of the Voluntary Information-Sharing System Working Group
  5. PHMSA Pipeline Safety Research & Development Forum
  6. PHMSA, FERC Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Strengthen Safety Review and Permitting Process for LNG Facility Proposals
  7. PHMSA Staff Appointment
  8. Illinois Gas Pipeline Reporting via Electronic Submission
  9. Texas RRC New Pipeline Safety Director
  10. New! NEI Damage Prevention Campaign Featuring Mike Rowe
  11. Pressure Test Basics and TestOp® User’s Group Meeting
  12. Pressure Testing Webinar – Advantages of Using TestOp®
  13. 2018 Industry Conference Schedule

Meeting of the Voluntary Information-Sharing System Working Group

[Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0128]

The Voluntary Information-sharing System (VIS) Working Group will convene on October 3, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET. at U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590 to discuss and identify recommendations to establish a voluntary information-sharing system. Members of the public who wish to attend in person should register no later than September 26, 2018. Individuals requiring accommodations, such as sign language interpretation or other ancillary aids, may notify PHMSA by September 26, 2018. The meeting agenda and additional information will be published on the following VIS Working Group registration page. The meetings will not be webcast; however, presentations will be available on the meeting website and posted on the E-Gov website, under docket number PHMSA-2016-0128 within 30 days following the meeting.

The VIS Working Group agenda will include briefings on topics such as mandate requirements, subcommittee considerations, lessons learned, examples of existing information-sharing systems, and proposed subcommittee recommendations. As part of its work, the committee will ultimately provide recommendations to the Secretary, as required and specifically outlined in Section 10 of Public Law 114-183, addressing:

  • The need for, and the identification of, a system to ensure that dig verification data are shared with in-line inspection operators to the extent consistent with the need to maintain proprietary and security-sensitive data in a confidential manner to improve pipeline safety and inspection technology;
  • Ways to encourage the exchange of pipeline inspection information and the development of advanced pipeline inspection technologies and enhanced risk analysis;
  • Opportunities to share data, including dig verification data between operators of pipeline facilities and in-line inspector vendors to expand knowledge of the advantages and disadvantages of the different types of in-line inspection technology and methodologies;
  • Options to create a secure system that protects proprietary data while encouraging the exchange of pipeline inspection information and the development of advanced pipeline inspection technologies and enhanced risk analysis;
  • Means and best practices for the protection of safety and security-sensitive information and proprietary information; and
  • Regulatory, funding, and legal barriers to sharing the information described in paragraphs (a) through (d).

The Secretary will publish the VIS Working Group’s recommendations on a publicly available DOT website and in the docket. The VIS Working Group will fulfill its purpose once its recommendations are published online.